#koreantalks

Boy: hindi ako mabubuhay ng wala ka..

Girl: mabubuhay ako ng wala ka. Makakahanap din ako ng lalaking katulad ng katayuan ko sa buhay. Yung tanggap ako ng parents nya. Yung malaya kaming ipakita kung gaano namin kamahal ang isat-isa. Kaya please lang, wag mo na akong puntahan. Tantanan mo na ako. Wag kang magpapakita sakin kahit namimiss mo ako. Kahit namimiss kita. Please lang! (walk out with tears)

Boy: (naiyak habang tinitingnan sya palayo)

It’s time to pick up some common vocabulary words. Study time! Let’s get some basics under our belt. Let’s get it started! The basics: 안녕하세요 – An-nyeong ha-se-yo? – Your basic formal hello – you should already know this after your first or second day here. 잘지내 – Jal-ji-nae? – How are you, or what’s up? A more casual ‘hello’ amongst friends or peers. 감사합니다 – Kam-sa hab-ni-da – Your basic formal thank you – again, you probably know this after your first or second day here. 고맙습니다 – Go-mab seub-ni-da – Another way of saying ‘thank you’ – still formal in nature. 고마워 – Go-ma-wo – A more casual ‘thank you’. 천만에요 cheon-man-e-yo – you’re welcome. 아마도 – a-ma-do – maybe. The classroom (click here for some more Korean in the classroom) 조용히해 – jo-yong-hi-hae – be quiet 한국말 하지 마세요 – han-gook-mal ha-jee-mah-say-yo – don’t speak Korean 시작 – si-jak – start, as in start working 알겠지 – all-get-gee – do you understand? The people 아주마 – A-ju-ma – a married or older woman. 아저씨 – A-jeo-ssi – a married or older man. 아가씨 – A-ga-ssi – a young or unmarried woman. 선생님 – Seon-saeng-nim – teacher 학생 – Hak-saeng – student 회사원 – Hoi-sa-won – salaryman or company worker 꽃미남 – ggoch-mi-nam (pronounced goat-mee-nam) 왕따 – wang-ta – a dork or nerd, a person nobody likes (slang) The places 방 – bang – by itself, it’s just a room. It’s what you do in the room that will complete the noun. 노래방- no-rae-bang – literally, singing room. Also a place to hear singing, usually badly and by drunk people. 공원 – gong-won – a good old-fashioned park. 모텔 – mo-tel – motel; one of few Korean words transliterated from English that doesn’t sound different whichever language you use. 여관 – yeo-gwan – smaller family-run hotel. Usually cheaper and more basic. (HT to White Rice for catching the vowels) 역 – yeok – by itself, a stop or station. Combine it with the name of a subway station and you’re in business. For example, Seoul Station is 서울역. 시장 – si-jang – a traditional market of some kind, usually open-air and outdoors. Okay, sinipag si ako hahaha..

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